Baseball | 2/27/2017 9:03:00 AM
Check out what's happening this week in WVU Tech athletics, February 27 - March 2, 2017 — Featuring men's and women's swimming, men's track and field, softball and baseball. Head over to
goldenbearathletics.com and Game Day Central to stay updated on live coverage options throughout the week.
AAC MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Locked up the 2017 Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) Men's Swimming Championship, edging out second-place Asbury University by only 24 points
- The meet was held at the Kingsport Aquatic Center in the HMG Competition Pool in Kingsport, Tennessee
- The Golden Bears maintained first place throughout the three-day event, but Asbury was continually hot on its tail
- Tech won with 633 total points, while Asbury compiled 609 total points
- Tech's own, David Dent took home Coach of the Year
- Golden Bear champions that were crowned include:
AAC WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Earned runners-up in the AAC Championships held over three days
- The Golden Bears finished with 488 team points while AAC champions, Asbury University, produced 606 team points
- Tech champions included:
LAST SERIES
- Dropped two games on during the Coker Spring Tournament hosted by Coker College in Hartsville, South Carolina
- The Golden Bears dropped game one 9-1 to Columbus State before falling in the night cap, 9-0, to King University
- Freshman Ashley Daniels knocked her first collegiate home run for Tech's score against Columbus State
- Daniels, who hit the homer in her first at bat of the game, finished 1-for-3 at the plate with a RBI and run scored
- Senior Genna Trippett (0-1) pitched 2.0 innings for the loss, giving up five hits and two earned runs
- Tech registered three hits in the loss including one each from sophomore Skylar Connelly, Daniels and Huck
- Connelly marked a double and a stolen base in the night cap
- Senior Mackenzie Wilson (0-3) drew the start in the circle and pitched 4.1 innings for the loss.
- Wilson struck out one batter and gave up eight hits and five earned runs.
GETTING THERE
- Freshman Luke Jobson qualified for the NAIA National Championships while competing in the 3000 Meter Race Walk at the Findlay Indoor Track and Field Classic
- Jobson finished the race with a time of 13:39.56 for a third place finish
- Lynch threw 15.23 meters in the shot put towards a first place finish at the Bast-Cregger Invitational to earn a spot at Nationals
Baseball
Live Coverage
Friday, 12 p.m. (DH), vs. Cincinnati Christian University
Douglas M. Epling Field | East Bank, West Virginia |
| WVU Tech Golden Bears | 4-8 |
Roster |
Stats |
| Cincinnati Christian Eagles | 2-4 |
Roster |
Stats |
LAST SERIES
- Split a doubleheader with University of Pikeville Sunday afternoon, 1-1
- The Golden Bears (4-8) dropped game one 4-6 before defeating the Bears (9-5) in the night cap, 4-2
- The Golden Bears scored four in the third inning including a three-run homerun from freshman Jacob Reimold but UPIKE answered back with a five-run fifth inning to earn the victory
- Reimold finished a perfect 2-for-2 at the plate to go with three RBI and a run scored
- Senior Jarron Monroe (0-1) drew the start on the mound, putting in 4.1 innings of work for the loss
- Monroe scattered four earned runs and three hits while striking out three batters
- Tech was trailing 2-1 until a three-run fifth inning gave them the edge and the eventual win, 4-2 over Pikeville
- Senior Tanner Levine hit a single to left center to drive in junior Abraham Alejandro for run two
- Fellow classmate Wyatt Belinda followed that with a double RBI that drove Levine in
- The final score came from Belinda crossing the plate off a single from junior Roland Eusebio
- On the mound, junior Jerod Jobst (2-0) pitched a complete game for the win. Jobst gave up just two hits and one earned run while striking out six batters
